CN106611863B - A kind of structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding in flow cell pile - Google Patents

A kind of structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding in flow cell pile Download PDF

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CN106611863B
CN106611863B CN201510676675.2A CN201510676675A CN106611863B CN 106611863 B CN106611863 B CN 106611863B CN 201510676675 A CN201510676675 A CN 201510676675A CN 106611863 B CN106611863 B CN 106611863B
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a kind of anti-corrosion structures of flow battery, the in particular to anti-corrosion structure of the bipolar plates in flow battery.It is not only provided with the electrolyte liquid in-out mouth being connected to common line in electrode frame, while being also equipped with the through-hole of another pole electrolyte circulation.Identical with the bipolar plate thickness annular boss of through-hole setting height in the electrode frame close to bipolar plates side, the through-hole of bipolar plates is placed in the outer rim of annular boss, then is pressed and upper another pole electrode frame.Electrolyte liquid flows to the electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of negative electrode frame after the through-hole of anode electrode frame and cyclic annular convex;Anode electrolyte flows to the electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of anode electrode frame after the through-hole of negative electrode frame and cyclic annular convex, avoid contact of the electrolyte with bipolar plates in common line, the generation of corrosion phenomenon is fundamentally prevented, the reliability of pile is improved.

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A kind of structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding in flow cell pile
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of anti-corrosion structures of flow battery, the in particular to anticorrosion of the bipolar plates in flow battery Structure.
Background technique
Currently, the whole world is faced with shortage of resources, the situation of energy supply anxiety significantly limits the hair of global economy Exhibition.Develop the climax that efficient renewable energy has welcome development in this context.However renewable energy is intrinsic not Continuity and anti-tune peak character make it cause huge impact to power grid when accessing power grid on a large scale, thus one kind is renewable The grid-connected buffer technology among smart grid of the energy has been mentioned the forward position of electric power network technique transition.Energy storage technology is as the buffering Technology obtains more and more concerns, wherein flow battery welcome in recent years as electrochemical energy storage device technological innovation with And the great development of industrialization, there are many flow battery technologies by commercialization, including all-vanadium flow battery, zinc bromine liquid stream electricity at present Pond etc..Flow battery is because of its innate advantage: power and energy decoupling are particularly suitable for the application of extensive energy storage.
One distinguishing feature of flow battery is that reactant and power apparatus decouple, and carries the electrolyte of reactant by following Ring pump, which flows into battery, to be participated in reacting, and product is flowed out by battery, is returned in fluid reservoir, is looped back and forth like this.Liquid stream electricity The monocell in pond is by cell end plate, collector plate, anode electrode frame, anode electrode, amberplex, negative electrode, negative electrode Frame, collector plate and cell end plate sequence assemble, and the leakage of electrolyte is then prevented by the bolt presses on end plate.In reality In, flow cell pile is formed often to meet the needs of high-power charge and discharge.Pile is on the basis of monocell more It is connected between a monocell with bipolar plates, then is cascaded by the way of filter press and forms pile.In flow cell pile In, electrolyte evenly distributing between each battery becomes an important factor for being different from other battery stacks, thus most The branch line of electrolyte common line and electrolyte is all devised in flow cell pile.Common line is by every batteries Through-hole even on positive and negative electrode electrode frame, bipolar plates and amberplex combines to be formed.The axis of its pipeline is often parallel to The thickness direction of above-mentioned pile component;Branch line mostly designs in positive and negative electrode electrode frame, is mainly responsible for electrolyte in electrode In evenly distribute.
Due to the cell voltage difference between the conducting solution and each monocell in common line, in common line often Leakage current is formed, size is related with the joint number of monocell in the sectional area of common line, length and pile.In bipolar plates The through hole section of composition common line is in contact with the electrolyte in common line.Constitute bipolar plates material be often graphite, The metal of carbon composite or acid-alkali-corrosive-resisting, leakage current can lure that oxygen occurs for the through hole section on bipolar plate thickness into Change reaction, bipolar plates burn into is caused to soften, in turn results in pile leakage.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the etching problem of bipolar plates in above-mentioned flow battery, the present invention provides a kind of knots of flow battery The through-hole of bipolar plates is placed on annular boss by the way that annular boss is arranged in the electrode frame of bipolar plates through-hole side by structure In outer rim, then press and upper another pole electrode frame.Inlet or liquid outlet of the electrolyte Jing Guo electrode frame flow into or out electricity Pole frame flows through the through hole that the annular boss being arranged in electrode frame flows directly into another pole by the common line in pile, keeps away Contact of the electrolyte with bipolar plates in common line is exempted from, has fundamentally prevented the generation of corrosion phenomenon, improve pile Reliability.
In order to achieve the above objectives, the technical solution adopted by the present invention are as follows:
The structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding in the flow cell pile: flow cell pile component includes anode electrode Frame, negative electrode frame and bipolar plates therein are sandwiched in, anode electrode frame is equipped with electrolyte liquid common line through-hole, anode Electrode frame is equipped with the anode electrolyte inlet and liquid outlet that are connected with anode electrolyte common line, on negative electrode frame Equipped with anode electrolyte common line through-hole, negative electrode frame is equipped with the negative electricity being connected with electrolyte liquid common line Liquid inlet and liquid outlet are solved, bipolar plates are equipped with anode electrolyte common line and electrolyte liquid common line through-hole.
It is equipped with cyclic annular convex in the edge of anode electrode frame through-hole, cyclic annular convex is located at anode electrode frame close to double On the surface of pole plate side, projection of the through-hole in the anode electrode frame surface close to bipolar plates side is located at the hollow of cyclic annular convex Region, cyclic annular convex are equal to bipolar plate thickness along the height perpendicular to anode electrode frame surface direction;In negative electrode frame through-hole Edge be equipped with cyclic annular convex, cyclic annular convex is located at negative electrode frame on the surface of bipolar plates side, through-hole in Projection close to the negative electrode frame surface of bipolar plates side is located at the hollow region of cyclic annular convex, and cyclic annular convex is along perpendicular to negative The height of pole electrode frame surface direction is equal to bipolar plate thickness;
Bipolar plates are clipped between anode electrode frame and negative electrode frame, and in bipolar plates through-hole shape and size it is right with it The shape and size Xiang Wenhe of the surrounding side wall of the anode electrode frame upper annular convex and negative electrode frame upper annular convex answered.
In the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding, electrolyte liquid is after the through-hole of anode electrode frame and cyclic annular convex Flow to the electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of negative electrode frame;Through-hole of the anode electrolyte through negative electrode frame and cyclic annular convex The electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of anode electrode frame are flowed to afterwards, and electrolyte is not contacted with the through-hole edge of bipolar plates.
In the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding, bipolar plates are placed in the anode electrode frame with platform or are born In the electrode frame of pole, the through-hole in bipolar plates is placed on cyclic annular convex outer rim, places another negative electrode frame or anode electrode later Frame, makes that bipolar plates correspond to the electrolyte inlet on another negative electrode frame or anode electrode frame or liquid outlet, group install At.
It can be in the described structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding, between anode electrode frame, negative electrode frame and bipolar plates It is fitted closely together by way of glue sticking or hot pressing connects.Bipolar plates are graphite plate, carbon composite plate or anti-corrosion The poor metal material of erosion ability.The receptacle material of anode or negative electrode frame is polyethylene, polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride.
The present invention has the advantage that
1. the present invention has completely cut off the contact of electrolyte and bipolar plates through hole section in common line, electrochemistry is effectively prevented The generation of corrosion improves the reliability of pile.
2. the configuration of the present invention is simple, at low cost, control easy to process, without the equipment investment of complex and expensive.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the electrode frame structure in flow cell pile of the invention.
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Used anode electrode frame, the structure of negative electrode frame and bipolar plates and cooperation are as follows: bipolar plates are located at positive and negative Between the electrode frame of pole.Anode electrode frame is equipped with electrolyte liquid common line through-hole, and is equipped with and the public pipe of anode electrolyte The anode electrolyte inlet and liquid outlet that road is connected;Corresponding, negative electrode frame is equipped with the public pipe of anode electrolyte Road through-hole, and it is equipped with the electrolyte liquid inlet and liquid outlet being connected with electrolyte liquid common line, it is set in bipolar plates There are anode electrolyte common line and electrolyte liquid common line through-hole.In anode electrode frame towards the through-hole of bipolar plates side Edge be equipped with cyclic annular convex;Ring-type is equipped in the edge of negative electrode frame towards the through-hole of bipolar plates side Convex.The cyclic annular convex being arranged in positive and negative electrode electrode frame is equal to bipolar along the height perpendicular to negative electrode frame surface direction Plate thickness.Bipolar plates are clipped between anode electrode frame and negative electrode frame, and in bipolar plates through-hole shape and size it is right with it The shape and size Xiang Wenhe of the surrounding side wall of the anode electrode frame upper annular convex and negative electrode frame upper annular convex answered.
Bipolar plates are placed on the anode electrode frame or negative electrode frame with platform, the through-hole in bipolar plates is placed on Cyclic annular convex outer rim places another negative electrode frame or anode electrode frame later, and bipolar plates is made to correspond to another negative electrode frame The either electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet on anode electrode frame, is completed.In pile operational process, electrolyte liquid warp The electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of negative electrode frame are flowed to after the through-hole of anode electrode frame and cyclic annular convex;Anode electrolyte The electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of anode electrode frame are flowed to after the through-hole of negative electrode frame and cyclic annular convex, electrolyte is not It is contacted with the through-hole edge of bipolar plates.
Using the all-vanadium flow battery pile of structure assembling 1kW, pile is made of 10 batteries, and amberplex is Nafion115, performance data are as follows: pile coulombic efficiency 94.1%, voltage efficiency 85.6%, energy efficiency 80.5%.By Dismantling discovery bipolar plates through-hole edge has no corrosion after 1500 circulations, illustrates that the structure can prevent electrochemical corrosion well Generation, improve pile reliability.

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1. prevented in a kind of flow cell pile bipolar plates corrode structure, flow cell pile component include anode electrode frame, Negative electrode frame and bipolar plates therein are sandwiched in, anode electrode frame is equipped with electrolyte liquid common line through-hole, anode electricity Pole frame is equipped with the anode electrolyte inlet and liquid outlet being connected with anode electrolyte common line, sets on negative electrode frame There is anode electrolyte common line through-hole, negative electrode frame is equipped with the electrolyte being connected with electrolyte liquid common line Liquid inlet and liquid outlet, bipolar plates are equipped with anode electrolyte common line and electrolyte liquid common line through-hole;It is special Sign is:
It is equipped with cyclic annular convex in the edge of anode electrode frame through-hole, cyclic annular convex is located at anode electrode frame close to bipolar plates On the surface of side, projection of the through-hole in the anode electrode frame surface close to bipolar plates side is located at the hollow area of cyclic annular convex Domain, cyclic annular convex are equal to bipolar plate thickness along the height perpendicular to anode electrode frame surface direction;
It is equipped with cyclic annular convex in the edge of negative electrode frame through-hole, cyclic annular convex is located at negative electrode frame close to bipolar plates On the surface of side, projection of the through-hole in the negative electrode frame surface close to bipolar plates side is located at the hollow area of cyclic annular convex Domain, cyclic annular convex are equal to bipolar plate thickness along the height perpendicular to negative electrode frame surface direction;
Bipolar plates are clipped between anode electrode frame and negative electrode frame, and in bipolar plates through-hole shape and size it is corresponding The shape and size Xiang Wenhe of the surrounding side wall of anode electrode frame upper annular convex and negative electrode frame upper annular convex.
2. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that:
Electrolyte liquid flowed to after the through-hole of anode electrode frame and cyclic annular convex negative electrode frame electrolyte inlet or Liquid outlet;Anode electrolyte flowed to after the through-hole of negative electrode frame and cyclic annular convex anode electrode frame electrolyte inlet or Person's liquid outlet, electrolyte are not contacted with the through-hole edge of bipolar plates.
3. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: being placed in bipolar plates with platform Anode electrode frame or negative electrode frame on, the through-hole in bipolar plates is placed on cyclic annular convex outer rim, places another cathode later Perhaps anode electrode frame makes bipolar plates correspond to the electrolyte inlet on another negative electrode frame or anode electrode frame to electrode frame Or liquid outlet, it is completed.
4. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: anode electrode frame, negative electrode frame And it is fitted closely together by way of glue sticking or hot pressing connects between bipolar plates.
5. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: bipolar plates are that graphite plate or carbon are multiple Plywood.
6. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the frame of anode or negative electrode frame Body material is polyethylene, polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride.
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